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Title: Fire and sword in the Sudan : a personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Slatin, Rudolf Carl
Artist: Robert Talbot Kelly
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Publisher: London : Arnold
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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gedto the powerful western tribes; and not only wouldtheir loss to him be considerable, but he fearedtheir relatives and friends might turn against him. Hetherefore sent camel-men, in hot haste, with a reprieve,and with orders that the prisoners should be brought toOmdurman under escort. The camel-men, however, failedto overtake Shertier who had had two days start; and theyarrived in Gallabat to find the eleven bodies hanging onthe scaffold; all had died faithful to their Jesus ChristYunes, being a relative of the Khalifa, only submitted toAbu Anga owing to his superior force, but always lookedupon him as his slave, though, as a matter of fact, he wasinfinitely braver and more courageous. Yunes now re-proached him for having been precipitate, and from thisepisode arose an estrangement between the two men,which ended in Yunes being recalled to Omdurman, wherehe was commanded to perform his devotions daily in thefront row in the mosque. Abu Anga now collected all his forces, in order to
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An Abyssinian Scout. EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SUDAN. 425 revenge the defeat of Wad Arbab. He had at his disposalthe largest force which had ever been collected by KhalifaAbdullahi: according to the rolls brought in, he had up-wards of fifteen thousand rifles, forty-five thousand spear-men, and eight hundred cavalry; and quitting Gallabat withthis force, he marched through the Mintik (pass) towardsRas Adal. Up to this day, I have failed to understandwhy the Abyssinians did not attack their enemy whilstcrossing the narrow passes and deep valleys, in which itwould have been most difficult to use fire-arms with effect;if they had not succeeded in checking the advance in thismanner, they would have at least inflicted very heavylosses on the Dervishes. I can only conceive that theAbyssinians made certain of their ultimate success, andpurposely enticed their enemies far into the country, withthe object of cutting off their retreat, and utterly annihilat-ing them. Fighting began on the

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